UniprotKB/SwissProt ID: Q9YGZ7 (Q9YGZ7)
Gene Name:
rho
Organism: Chelon saliens (Leaping mullet)
Function: Photoreceptor required for image-forming vision at low light intensity. While most salt water fish species use retinal as chromophore, most freshwater fish use 3-dehydroretinal, or a mixture of retinal and 3-dehydroretinal (By similarity). Light-induced isomerization of 11-cis to all-trans retinal triggers a conformational change that activates signaling via G-proteins. Subsequent receptor phosphorylation mediates displacement of the bound G-protein alpha subunit by arrestin and terminates signaling (By similarity)
Other Modifications: View all modification sites in dbPTM
Protein Subcellular Localization: Membrane. Cell projection, cilium, photoreceptor outer segment
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